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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 15, 2020 7:16:20 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Samuel 11:2-5, 26-27 ---------- It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, ‘This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.’ So David sent messengers to fetch her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, ‘I am pregnant.’
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son.
Devotional ---------- The Bible does not hide the faults of its heroes, not even King David. He was a poet, musician, warrior, anointed king of Israel and human being. It appears that he forgot that last designation of who he was. Did David feel that a king could lay aside the morality of the commandments? This seems to be part of our brokenness as human beings. Sin is ever present, no matter how elevated we become in our position, giftedness or religiosity. We each have our Achilles heel, that part of us that is susceptible to temptation and sin. David's blindness to accountability led to these tragic events. Unless we are aware of our blind spots, we never see these things coming. As Jesus said, only those who know they are blind truly see.
Prayer -------- Lord, open my eyes to my sin and open my heart to your mercy. Amen
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Post by jonsnowii on Sept 15, 2020 22:32:27 GMT -5
This right here shows us what we humans are capable of, and be totally blind to it.
I see myself as wretched! Nothing else but wicked, because I do not trust myself, period! Outside the grace of God, we are capable of the worst of sins. Want to know what that is? I did it, and was blind to it.
Thou shalt have no other Gods before me! It's worse than murder and adultery.
The gifts that God gave me to enjoy took his place in my heart, and I didn't see it until He took it all away and put my nose in it like one would training a pup.
NEVER think of ourselves more than what we are, wicked in the heart. He says this is our human nature.
I compare myself to the perfection of Jesus, and when we do this... you know. The closer we get to the light, the better we can see it all, and it's ugly. Doing this daily, I always see myself as lacking, ugly, wretched, needing the savior.
Do this and one won't have time to be throwing rocks and anyone else.
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